PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

In celebration of next week’s release of Walking Underwater Pt. 2, the brand new full-length record from dark rock project JOHNNY WORE BLACK, Bloody-Disgusting.com is streaming the new track “Fallen Angel”, as well as hosting a never-before-read blog post detailing JWB frontman Jay’s professional stuntman-by-day career and how it relates …

Swedish heavy metal titans RAM and PORTRAIT join forces for a split album entitled “Under Command” to be released the 8th of December via Metal Blade Records! Side A RAM 1. Savage Machine (new song) 2. Welcome To My Funeral (originally performed by Portrait) 3. Creatures Of The Night (originally performed by KISS) Side …

They say good things come in threes… Swiss / American rockers Khaøs released ‘Risen‘, their stunning debut full-length album via MRR Records just last month, days later they released a second single, ‘Crisis Factor‘ and a lyric video. Now the band have posted the third single from the debut and …

Western Australia’s chaotic hardcore band, Statues have been quietly writing and working toward their debut album over 2014. Here, they discuss the process of putting the album together, which was a very community based effort, with only friends from their hometown of Perth being involved with the record. ‘Together We’re Alone‘, …

Ahead of its official download release early in the New Year, Britain’s anthemic alt-rock outfit RANYE are offering a free stream of their forthcoming single ‘Opportunity For Progress‘. With the majority of 2014 spent in the studio, writing and recording their 2nd album release entitled ‘Complex By Design’, the Sunderland …

For the fourth time this year I headed out to see The Quireboys, although the first time at this particular venue, this year. So far an acoustic show at  Sheffield Corporation, a full band show at The Picturedrome, Holmfirth and I was lucky enough to get tickets for one of their 30th …

It’s been a busy year for Bristol’s BlackWolf, culminating in a tour with Blues Pills and The Vintage Caravan, which included a stop at this past weekend’s Hard Rock Hell VIII.  PM took the opportunity to hook up with the band to talk about what 2014 has meant for them, …

This year’s Hard Rock Hell could possibly have been defined by the number three, given the amount of trios which featured on the bill… among them were The Broken Chords, who brought proceedings to a close on the second stage on the Saturday night.  Before that, however, PM tracked the …

Judging by the brand new video for SEETHER’s latest single ‘Same Damn Life,’ ‘retirement’ just got a whole lot more fun! Seether front man Shaun Morgan came up with the concept in close collaboration with director Nathan Cox (Queens of the Stone Age, Foo Fighters, System of a Down, Marilyn Manson); the pair have wanted …

Midlands trio Theia were one of a number of exciting young bands to grace the second stage at Hard Rock Hell VIII this past weekend.  PlanetMosh took the opportunity to find out a bit more about the band… but, first, we got a lesson in pronunciation before going on to …

The musical brainchild of Troy Van Leeuwen (Failure, A Perfect Circle, Queens of the Stone Age) and Serrina Sims, California’s alt-rock Sweethead takes it’s name from a vintage “vulgar” David Bowie song, and it’s sound from the various eras of rock music. “Antony”, this first piece, recorded and shelved, not …

“New Life”, by Warsaw native One (name: Adam Malicki), is a random find from a boredom-trawl on Twitter that asks for your attention. Freshly released, this single is a guitar-heavy instrumental track that opens with a waltzing, cracked funhouse flair. Rapidly shifting gears to synth-laden blues rock, and then to …

The Black Marbles were one of a number of Scandinavian bands who made the trip to north Wales to play Hard Rock Hell VIII this past weekend.  PlanetMosh took the opportunity to sit down with bassist Krister Selander and drummer Tobbe Bövik from the Gothenberg-based quartet to find out a …

On Tuesday night in Glasgow Rich Robinson brought his solo show to the O2 ABC2.  Probably best known as guitarist and songwriter in the Black Crowes, Rich released his third solo album, The Ceaseless Sight earlier this year, and will release The Woodstock Sessions next month, a new album recorded …

Sunday night saw the long awaited visit to Glasgow of the band everyone seems to be talking about: Blues Pills. Having previously had to cancel two gigs in the city it was little wonder that the venue sold out. Having said that, Audio is tiny, hidden away under Central Station’s …

PlanetMosh grabbed a chat with Electric Mary bassist Alex Raunjak shortly after their set at last weekend’s Hard Rock Hell, to talk about music and beer… well, what else would we talk about? Electric Mary’s new EP, ‘The Last Great Hope’ is out now.  Read our review at http://planetmosh.com/electric-mary-the-last-great-hope/. Keep …

Victory Motorcycles invite you to an audience with Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell at Motorcycle Live, NEC, Birmingham, Midday, November 22nd. Join Victory Motorcycles at Motorcycle Live on Saturday 22nd November for the unveiling and handover of a unique hand-built custom machine at 12PM. Commissioned for Motörhead guitar legend Phil Campbell, …

It’s always a pleasure to chat to Scotland’s fiestiest female rockers, The Amorettes, and we at PM didn’t really need an excuse to sit down for a good old-fashioned chinwag following another raucous performance at this year’s Hard Rock Hell, and discuss progress on their debut album and their forthcoming …

Industrial Metal Monsters Killus present the first video extracted from their successful record “Feel the Monster”, which was premiered through LaEstadea.com http://youtu.be/uWK30Sk9JrU The video has been directed by Celeste Barria in collaboration with Triangle Creatiu and it shows all the aggressiveness and power of the band banda in a very  …

PlanetMosh caught up with French hard rockers Carousel Vertigo following their debut UK festival appearance at Hard Rock Hell this past weekend, to chat about touring with Status Quo, their debut album, ‘Mighty’, their first ever UK headlining tour and their plans for 2015: Keep up with developments in the …